No, I don't think this is a GMAT-like question.
As for D, it's perfectly all right not to specify whose interest we're dealing with. It's important not to think of A as the "original," because then we start thinking we can't change the meaning presented in A. This is an absolutely false assumption. As long as the answer choice presents a clear and sensible meaning, it's fine.
Note that even if we said "man's interest," it wouldn't be much more specific. Clearly, humans are
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As for D, it's perfectly all right not to specify whose interest we're dealing with. It's important not to think of A as the "original," because then we start thinking we can't change the meaning presented in A. This is an absolutely false assumption. As long as the answer choice presents a clear and sensible meaning, it's fine.
Note that even if we said "man's interest," it wouldn't be much more specific. Clearly, humans are
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